Manifolding continuous stationery



y 1939- M. s. ROOSEVELT ET AL 2,156,075

MANIFQLDING CONTINUOUS STATIONERY Filed Sept. 16, 1957 r I 0 fr INVENT @MM BY ,6 8

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Patented July 11, 1939 MANIFOLDING CONTINUOUS STATIONERY Marcus S. Roosevelt and George L. Bezold, Hamilton, Ohio, assignors to The Hamilton Autographic Register Company, Hamilton, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Application September 16, 1937, Serial No. 164,208

Claims. (01. 28212) This invention relates to improvements in manifolding continuous stationery, consisting of a plurality of package supply continuous length of form printed or form subdivided strips collofor a single use and that this permits the use of a low cost grade or quality.

It is therefore an object of the invention to provide manifolding continuous form stationery,

5 eated for form registration to provide a composite consisting of a composite web formed of a plu- 5 Web with manifolding material interposed or inrality of collocated form strips, zig-zag or fan terleaved between the strips to render the comfolded for packaging, the strips having transverse posite web ready for use within a writing machine weakened tearing lines coincident with the lines for the purpose of filling in the forms. of fold, with transfer or carbon-coated sheets In the use of continuous form stationery for interleaved between the registering forms, or 10 typewriting and billing machines, in manifolding spacing between the transverse tearing lines, and it has been advantageous to include the transfer of reduced length dimension therefrom propormedium as a component with the several collotionate to a space prescribed for writing to efcated form strips of a composite web to eliminate feet economy and minimize the amount of trans- 15 the complications and time consuming manipulafer material employed. 15 tions by a typist, as experienced in the methods Another object of the invention is to provide in which the transfer medium is mounted or manifolding continuous form stationery, comcarried by a fixture of the type of writing maposed of a plurality of form strips with interchines, requiring repeated shifting for repositionposed or interleaved carbon-coated or transfer ing or adjusting the transfer medium from an sheets, each of the transfer sheets being of re- 20 advanced to a succeeding set of forms at the comduced size respectively to that of the form for pletion of a writing operation or interval. which it serves and secured to the strips to pre- It, therefore, has been the practice to incorvent disarrangement and temporarily bind the porate the transfer medium in strip length corsame, with the strips readily releasable therefrom 2'5 responding to the supply length of form stationupon severing a form length set from the comcry, and the parts of the composite web approposite web, while binding or retaining the carbon priately clipped or fastened together at suitable sheets of a set together. intervals and folded for packaging. In packag- Another object of the invention is to permalng, the composite web is preferably zig-zag or nently bind carbon sheets of a form set together 39 fan folded, the folds usually coinciding with and to temporarily bind the same to the form weakened transverse tear lines in the strips for strips between which they are interposed, by a separating the form sets one from another or fastener of thin sheet ductile metal or any other from the composite web as they are filled in. satisfactory material, which will not interfere The strips are usually provisioned for obtainor impede the feed of a composite web over a 36 ing a separate fingerhold upon the form and cylindrical platen of a typewriting machine. transfer sheets respectively of a set, when sev- Various other objects and features of the inered from the composite web, for accommodation vention will be more fully set forth in a descripin extracting or withdrawing the carbon Sheets tion of the accompanying drawing, in which: from the form sheets. In some instances the Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of a eon1- '40 weakened line of tear in the transfer medium or posite web of form stationery, illustrating a fore- 4Q carbon-coated strip is slightly offset from the most section or set of sheets partially separated corresponding tear lines of the work or form from the web along a transverse weakened tear strips for obtaining the designated fingerhold, line, and illustrating the components of the web The carbon sheets are thus of a corresponding clipped together by a metallic fastener.

or full length of the work or form sheets and, Figure 2 shows a detached set of forms, in the 45 as the work or form sheets of each set usually act of extracting or withdrawing the carbon contain a printed heading or non-writing marsheets. gin, an appreciable area of the carbon sheet is Figure 3 is an enlarged detail view, face-side, not subjected to use, which, when multiplied for of a central edge portion of a set of forms before 60 the full length of the packaged web, constitutes extracting the carbon sheets.

a surplusage adding materially to the cost, particularly when the transfer material bears a higher cost than the form material, and therefore exceedingly wasteful, even when considering that the carbon material is intended only Figure 4 is an enlarged detail view of the lower or under-side of a central edge portion of a set of forms before extracting the carbon sheets.

Figure 5 is a view corresponding to Figure 3,

showing the carbon sheets partially withdrawn or extracted.

Figure 6 is an enlarged section on line 5-6, Figure 3.

Figure '7 is a perspective view of a package of manifolding continuous form stationery, embodying the present improvements, with a section thereof unfolded to expose a form set, one edge or corner of the components being turned up for respectively exposing the sheets.

Referring to the drawing, l, 2 and 3 indicate a plurality of strips of continuous form stationery in relative superposed arrangement for manifolding, and provide a composite web. The strips are printed to provide successive form blanks and their determined length size is governed by the spacing of transverse weakened tearing lines 4, along which a set for forms, as a unit, is separated from the composite web.

The web is preferably flat packaged by zig-zag or fan folding, the folds being coincident with the registering tearing lines of the several strips. Each of the strips longitudinally and preferably centrally of its width, is apertured at intervals, the apertures being of an outline configuration so that a portion thereof coincides with a tearing line to open the apertures in severing the strip along the tear line. The aperture is within the lower margin of a form length to expose the carbon sheets underlying the same or interleaved between a pair of registering form sections for obtaining a fingerhold upon the carbon sheet or sheets of a form set when detached from the web, for carbon sheet withdrawal or extraction.

The carbon-coated or transfer sheets 6 are interleaved between the strips, each to serve a pair of registering forms, and are preferably of a length size short of the length of the form, with one end thereof, as a lower edge, coinciding with a tearing line, to omit serving or supplying a margin at the opposite end of the forms, used as a heading space, and also to free the carbon sheets from finger grasp while holding the form sheets of a set in extracting the carbon sheets. The length size of the carbon sheets therefore is only sufficient to supply the prescribed entry or writing space of a form sheet for effecting economy in the amount of carbon sheet material employed.

The carbon sheets for the composite web are correspondingly arranged in a successive order and the carbon sheets comprised in a form set are clipped together through registering apertures I of the several form strips, by a ductile sheet metal or any other satisfactory material fastener 8, which may either be pierced through the carbon sheets or extended through an aperture thereof. The fastener permanently binds the carbon sheets of a form set together and frictionally binds with the form strips to pre vent relative displacement of the parts, and temporarily binds the carbon sheets to the form sheets of a set when separated or detached from the composite web.

The various parts are thus securely held in place, with the forms of a set in registry and the carbon sheets interleaved therebetween, are of appropriate length to serve the transcribing or writing space of the form so that no adjustment of the parts is required for loading in a typewriter, nor is their relative arrangement disturbed in their feeding advance by the typewriter. When a form set has been typed or autographed and advanced sufliciently for detachment from the web, the typed form set is easily separated from the web along the weakened tearing line. The tear-off opens the apertures in the form sheets through which the fastener is clipped to permit the same to be slipped edgewise off of the forms with the carbon sheets in extracting the carbon sheets from between the form or work sheets by pulling the same in opposing directions, by grasping the carbon sheets by the finger of one hand at the fastener and gripping the form sheets at the opposite edge with the other hand, at Which end the carbon sheets are free from the form or work sheets.

It is much easier to separate the forms at the tear lines of the record strips after a typing operation with a manifolding material, as intervening sheets over the type of stationery in which the manifolding material is in strips have tear lines coincident with the tear lines of the record strips, the resistance against tear increasing with the number of plies employed. In the present instance, a carbon being cut in sheets in a shorter length than the form, permits grasping of the record copies at one end of the sheets without obtaining a hold upon the carbons, while the carbons are grasped at on opposite end, thereby materially facilitating separation of the respective sheets. I

The fastener 8 preferably comprises a very thin ductile sheet metal wafer of oblong outline and dimension to over-spread the aperture? in the strips for binding the strips together and to the carbon sheets. The body portion of the fastener preferably bears upon the face-side of the uppermost sheet or strip of the series or set, and is punched to provide a pair of opposingly directioned tangs 9, bent at right angles to the body and pierced either through the carbon sheets or traversed through apertures therein. The free ends of the tangs are clinched laterally to bind against the under-side of the lowermost sheet or strip of the series, as illustrated in Fig:- ure 6.

With the fasteners traversing apertures in the strips, binding the strips and carbon sheets interleaved therebetween against disarrangement, upon severing or detaching a set of forms from the web along a tear line, the apertures 7 are opened, thereby permitting the fastener to be slipped edgewise from the form sheet, retaining and permanently binding the carbon sheets, which facilitates in the extraction of the carbon sheets from the form or work sheets. The fas tener also temporarily binds all the parts of a set together, until the carbon sheets are partially extracted to free the fastener from its bind or J5 grip upon the form sheets.

The fastener, being of a very thin gauge ductile sheet material, bends or flexes with the paper as the web is loaded or advanced in the typewriter, so that it presents no impedance or interference to the feeding advance of the web.

Having described our invention, we claim l. A manifolding packet of the class described, comprising a composite web composed of a plurality of collocated strips zig-zag folded, the strips having transverse weakened tearing lines coincident with the lines of fold dividing the web into laminated sections, a sheet of transfer material interposed between each pair of laminations of a section with an edge thereof bordering a transverse weakened tearing line, and a metallic fastener clipping the laminations and the transfer sheet or sheets of a section together adjacent a tear line, a portion of the fastener passing through an aperture in the websection, theaper- 15 tures opened upon tearing the web section from the web along the tear line to release the fastener from the laminations and permit extraction of the transfer sheet or sheets therefrom.

2. A composite record strip assembly comprising a plurality of record strips zig-zag folded, each having longitudinally spaced transverse weakened severance lines respectively coincident with the lines of fold to divide the same into sheet groups for simultaneous severance, a transfer sheet having a coating of transfer material, interposed between the superposed sheets of each group and a fastener engaged through the transfer sheets and through registering apertures in the record sheets of each group and embracing the record sheets beyond the area of the apertures for binding all of the elements of a group together, the apertures of the sheets of a group opened upon severance along a severance line to release the fastener from the record strips while continuing its binding of the transfer sheets.

3. A composite record strip, comprising: a plurality of record strips zig-zag folded, each having longitudinally spaced transverse weakened severance lines respectively coincident with the lines of fold to divide the same into record sheet groups for simultaneous severance, a transfer sheet interposed between the superposed sheets of each group, and having an edge substantially coinciding with the line of fold and a fastener for binding all of the elements of a group together, having a portion thereof engaged through the transfer sheets and through registering apertures in the record sheets of each group, the apertures of the record sheets of a group opened upon severance along a severance line to release the fastener from the record sheets while continuing its bind-- ing of the transfer sheets.

4. A manifolding packet of the class described, comprising a plurality of sheets of manifolding paper in superposed relationship, sheets of transfer material interposed between the adjacent sheets of manifolding paper, said sheets of manifolding including registering notches in their end edges, a fastener for binding said sheets of manifolding' paper and said transfer sheets together, said fastener engaged through the transfer sheets and through the notches and engaging the manifolding sheets beyond the area of the notches, whereby the fastener carrying the transfer sheets may be withdrawn from the notches for removing the transfer sheets as a unit from between the manifolding sheets.

5. A manifolding packet of the class described comprising a plurality of sheets of record paper in packet form, sheets of transfer material interposed between said sheets of record paper, said sheets of transfer paper stopping short of the one end edge of said sheets of record paper, fastening means for binding said sheets of transfer paper together, said fastening means traversing the sheets of transfer paper, said sheets of record paper including clearance openings at the region of the fastening means, said fastening means including extensions overhanging and frictio'nally engaging the sheets of record paper whereby the sheets of transfer paper may be withdrawn from between the sheets of record paper by withdrawing the fastening means from the clearance openings carrying the sheets of transfer paper with it.

MARCUS S. ROOSEVELT. GEORGE L. BEZOLD. 

